Arts & Culture

Community holds final farewell for Perras Place

Members of the Raymonde (Perras) Riopel family gathered for family photos in front of the Perras Place building on Saturday during the Farewell Open House.

Riopel’s children Paul, Suzanne Farrell and Robert Riopel along with their spouses, children and extended family toured the house along with many from the community.
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Province

Olivia top Alberta baby name for three years in a row

For the third year in a row, Olivia is the number one name given to babies in Alberta.

The top five girls names in 2016 were Olivia (292), Emma (249), Sophia (215), Ava (207), and Emily (187). For boys Liam (277), Benjamin (252), Lucas (247), Oliver (230), and Noah (228) marked the top five names. […]

Local News

Randy Boissonnault joins MPS Pride Parade

Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre and the Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on LGBTQ issues, was at Morinville Public School on Friday afternoon. Also joining him was his Mother Shirley and nephew Ethan Boissonnault. […]

Local News

Tribute benefits students

Rebecca Balanko and Ben Holland made a donation to Morinville Public School as a tribute to their father. It is a buddy bench which serves as a blessing and benefit for all students.

The bench was officially brought outside during recess on Thursday morning to be used for the first time. The plaque on the bench reads “Forever and Always, In Loving Memory of Tom Holland Our Dad, Grandpa and Friend.”
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Local News

Fred Scharmann Award presented at SRCW

On Tuesday night at the Sturgeon Rural Crime Watch meeting, Craig and his wife Rachel Scharmann and mother Sheila Scharmann presented the 2017 Fred Scharmann Award to Ursula Schnelle and John Dowler.
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Columns

National Column: Canada mulls return to unwinnable Afghan war

A return to the Afghan war is one step closer. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has confirmed that NATO has asked Canada to send police trainers to assist Afghanistan’s struggling government in the fight against Taliban insurgents. He said Ottawa is seriously considering the request. […]

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Local News

Morinville Council Briefs

by Tristan Turner Morinville News Correspondent Morinville resident survey sees bump in council approval, drop in Town’s Morinville residents offered […]

Arts & Culture

Author kicks off book tour in Morinville

Author and journalist, Shari Narine, is kicking off her book tour at the Morinville Public Library (MPL) on June 19.

Narine’s book, Oil Change at Rath’s Garage (published by Thistledown Press) was released in May and briefly made it to the top of the Edmonton’s Best Seller List for fictional books.
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Columns

National Column: Failed transitions from provincial to federal politics are common

Pressed this weekend to say whether he would run federally if he failed to become national NDP leader next fall, Ontario MPP Jagmeet Singh was studiously noncommittal.

“I will continue to fight in the provincial level. I’ll continue to fight in other provinces. I’ll continue to fight on the federal level, as I have done before,” he said at an all-candidates debate.
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